Calling DIBS

Brent Novikoff, Public Opinion Research Advisor with the Government of Canada.

Building on his background in market research and public opinion research, Brent Novikoff helps us explore those fields, their intersections with BI, and opportunities to use BI in different roles. Brent also shares his takeaways from the Advanced Professional Certificate in BI, including the importance of ethics and the impact of removing barriers. Throughout the episode, we discuss a number of ways BI either is used or can be used to make life easier. 

Alan Shapiro, Principal with Shapiro & Company.

Alan Shapiro has spent a decade working on the climate crisis and the related, but distinct water crisis. In explaining some of the challenges within the water crisis and possible roles for behavioural science, Alan introduces the idea of changing not only individual-level behaviour and system-level factors, but also network-level behaviour. Alan also shares a few recent case studies about tackling persistent drought and reducing human-wildlife conflict.

Jeff Mackey-Murdock, Senior Manager, Organizational Change Management with the City of Vancouver.

Jeff Mackey-Murdock brings a combination of skills to his role at the City of Vancouver. We talk about how powerful it is when folks add BI to their toolkits and leverage the complementary strengths of their various skills. Digging into BI specifically, Jeff shares the many opportunities and challenges for using BI in local government. He also tells us about some of the newer projects in the City of Vancouver's growing portfolio of BI case studies.

Rhiannon Mosher, Human-Centred Design Researcher with the Behavioural Science Office within the Public Health Agency of Canada.

In our second episode on mixed methods, Rhiannon Mosher explains how mixed methods are a crucial part of an anti-racist, Indigenized practice of behavioural science. She shares the value of deep learning about people and their context and remembering that results don't always generalize across contexts. Rhiannon also underscores the importance of involving people in research that impacts them and working together to bridge different ways of knowing and being. 

Rhiannon Mosher, Human-Centred Design Researcher with the Behavioural Science Office within the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Rhiannon Mosher returns to the podcast for a two-episode series about mixed-methods approaches. In this first episode, Rhiannon defines qualitative methods, shares examples of qualitative techniques, and explains the importance of doing them well. She also walks through the benefits of mixing methods at each stage of a BI project from scoping to scaling. For further learning, she recommends Sam Ladner's Mixed Methods. 

Meghan Martin, Regional Immunization Leader working in Population and Public Health.

Meghan Martin discusses how the intersection of behavioural science and public health draws on the longstanding public health mantra: "make the healthy choice the easy choice". Meghan shares recent examples of how BI is influencing public health practice, including work on the pandemic response, legal substances, and childhood immunizations. She also talks about opportunities ahead, including reducing sludge and tailoring to meet the needs of different populations.

Stephanie Papik, the Moose Hide Campaign Society’s Director for the Public Service.

Stephanie Papik returns to share how we can work together to simultaneously Indigenize behavioural science and use Indigenized behavioural science to tackle issues impacting Indigenous peoples. Stephanie discusses the power of two-eyed seeing and the ABCDE framework, which encourages us to consider our Assumptions, who we've left Behind, who've we Consulted, what's the Data, and are the outcomes Equitable? Visit our new wiki page for more resources: https://blogs.ubc.ca/biwiki/anti-racism/

Lindsay Miles-Pickup, Methods Specialist with the BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG).

In part two of this two-episode series inspired by Michael Hallsworth's "Manifesto for Applying Behavioural Science", Lindsay Miles-Pickup and I continue our conversation about the evolution of the practice of behavioural insights. In this episode, Lindsay walks us through a recent BC BIG project on active transportation to illustrate how BI can be used as a lens and why it's important to take humility to heart.

Lindsay Miles-Pickup, Methods Specialist with the BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG).

In part one of this two-episode series inspired by Michael Hallsworth's "Manifesto for Applying Behavioural Science", Lindsay Miles-Pickup returns to the podcast to talk about how the practice of behavioural insights is changing and improving. Lindsay uses a recent project with BC Transplant on organ donation to illustrate how BC BIG has evolved how they scope projects, design evaluations, and analyze and interpret the resulting data.

Ammaarah Martinus, Senior Program Office at UNESCO MGIEP.

Ammaarah Martinus has applied BI in large organizations based in South Africa and India. Ammaarah shares how starting small, but strong helps build the necessary BI appetite and awareness for project success. She also shares other key requirements for rewarding BI project partnerships, including having unlike minds at the table, being willing to learn from and about each other, and sharing the same definition of success.